| a2873 | |
| Venue | Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 17th January 1981 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Otago won by 6 runs |
| Points | Canterbury 0; Otago 4 |
| Umpires | RG Hoskin, RL McHarg |
| Player of the Match | GAW Blakely |
| Otago innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *IA Rutherford | c Rattray b Thiele | 11 | |||||
| GAW Blakely | c and b Thiele | 44 | |||||
| RN Hoskin | lbw b Farrant | 14 | |||||
| WL Blair | c Dempsey b Farrant | 9 | |||||
| BR Blair | c Bull b Latham | 5 | |||||
| GJ Dawson | c Leggat b Latham | 6 | |||||
| GB Thomson | b Latham | 2 | |||||
| PW Hills | c Latham b Stead | 24 | |||||
| SL Boock | not out | 9 | |||||
| +BD Milburn | not out | 0 | |||||
| RJ Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-57, 3-75, 4-85, 5-91, 6-99, 7-117, 8-140 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Thiele | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 3.29 |
| McNally | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.71 |
| Farrant | 7 | 1 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 4.43 |
| Latham | 7 | 1 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 14.00 | 1.86 |
| Bateman | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.67 |
| Stead | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6.00 | 3.00 |
| Canterbury innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| DA Dempsey | c Boock b Webb | 3 | |||||
| DW Stead | b Thomson | 5 | |||||
| VR Brown | c and b Webb | 0 | |||||
| RT Latham | st Milburn b Boock | 38 | |||||
| PJ Rattray | c Hoskin b Boock | 7 | |||||
| *CL Bull | c Milburn b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| +RI Leggat | c Dawson b Webb | 38 | |||||
| DG Farrant | lbw b Hills | 8 | |||||
| SR McNally | c Hills b Webb | 24 | |||||
| GC Bateman | c Dawson b BR Blair | 1 | |||||
| CH Thiele | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-9, 3-9, 4-22, 5-23, 6-65, 7-88, 8-131, 9-133, 10-134 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Webb | 7 | 2 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 10.50 | 2.43 |
| Thomson | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 1.57 |
| Boock | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 2.43 |
| Hills | 7 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 7.71 |
| BR Blair | 6.2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 38.00 | 4.26 |